Hat-pin holder and sheath.



H. S. DEANER, Sn. HAT PIN HOLDER AND SHEATH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. 1911.

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HENRY S. DEANER, SR, 015 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-PIN HOLDER AND SHEATH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 9, 1911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912. Serial No. 613,322.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY S. DEANER, Sr., a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Hat-Pin Holder and Sheath, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists of a hat pin holder and sheath embodying a sleeve,a guide on the inlet end thereof, and a device in said sleeve adapted totake frictional hold of the contiguous portion of the hat and preventimproper withdrawal of the pin, thus retaining the pin on the article ofhead wear, while the point remains within the sleeve guarded orprotected without liability to contact with persons or objects adjacentto the sheath. The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may bevaried, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limitedto the specific arrangement and organization shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a sheath embodying myinvention including a hat pin applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents alongitudinal section of a sheath on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 representsa perspective view of a detached portion thereof. Fig. 4 represents atransverse section on line wm Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a sleeve, and B designates atubular plug which occupies the inlet end of the former and has its boreC in communication with the interior of said sleeve, its outer wall being formed with a countersink D, by which the point of a hat pin may beguided to said bore C and so caused to enter said sleeve A.

E designates a device for frictionally holding the hat pin within thesleeve, it being located within the sleeve A back of the plug B andconstructed of a plate of metal or other suitable material bent andfolded on itself into the form of a plurality of radiating wings F, thelatter approaching each other at the center of the device forming thelongitudinally-extending passage G at said center to receive the portionof the hat pin passed therethrough. The end members H of the device aredisconnected and so are resilient in nature, whereby they may expand andcontract, the expansion be ing occasioned by the hat pin entering thepassage G and separating the said members H, whereby they close on thehat pin and frictionally hold the same while the point of the pin iscovered or guarded within the sleeve, it being noticed that one of themembers H is shorter than the other member, so that while the largermember may contact with the sleeve A, the short member is freetherefrom, and so may be removed from the long member and permit theexpansion of the adjacent portions of the wings when the pin is driventhrough the passage G and consequently closing the wings on the pin, seeFig. 4.

On the interior of the sleeve is an inwardly extending bead J whichforms a shoulder against which the inner end of the device E receivesits thrust or abuts and so limits the motion of the device into thesleeve, while the outer end of the device contacts with or is adjacentto the inner end of the plug B,v which is firmly secured to the sleeveand thus the device retains its position between said shoulder and plug,and the passage Grregisters with the bore C,,it being evident that whenthe pin is pushed through said bore, it enters the passage G and isengaged by the Walls thereof composed of the wings F and is subjected tothe pressure of the end members H, so that the pin is controlled withinthe sleeve A and prevented from disconnection, while its point issheathed or covered and prevented from injuring persons or objects closeto the sleeve, it being evident also that the pin retains its positionon a hat, bonnet or other article of head gear to which it may beapplied and will not slip or disengage therefrom until superior force isimparted to the same in outward direction, when the frictional holdthereon is overcome and the pin emerges from the sleeve and so isentirely disconnected therefrom. The sleeve may have thereon anornamental head as shown dotted in Figs. 1 and 2.

The device is applicable to pins for scarfs, jewelry and other purposes.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a pin holder of the character stated,

a spring composed of a single plate having a plurality of radiatingWings united near the center and all diverglng from the 1nner bends ofthe several Wings as a center and adapted to be expanded at said centerby the entrance of a pin between the same, one of the Wings being formedby the terminals of the plate, said terminals being separated at theouter extremity of the Wing.

2. In a pin holder of the character stated, a sheath, and a springreceived in said sheath and composed of a plate having a plurality ofradiating wings united near the center and all diverging from the innerbends of the several Wings as a center and adapted to be expanded atsaid center by the entrance of a pin between the same, one of the Wingsbeing formed by the terminals of the plate, said terminals beingseparated at the outer extremity of the Wing, and one terminal being ofless length than the other. 3. A pin holder composed of a sleeve, atubular piece at the inlet thereof, a spring Within said sleeve back ofsaid piece, and a shoulder on the interior of the sleeve for the thrustof said spring in inward direction, said spring being formed ofradiating Wings With a passage centrally betweenthe same, said passagebeing in communication with the bore of the inlet piece and the interiorof said sleeve, said Wings being adapted to grip the pin'within thepassage.

HENRY S. DEANER, SR. Witnesses:

J OHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. CANER l/VIEDERSEIM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

